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High Heels
1991
Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most notorious and celebrated directors of international film who single-handedly ushered in a new wave of Spanish film. Mixing up a cocktail of strong characters, weird sex, odd violence, perverse humour, bizarre plot twists, with elements of classic melodrama and crime thrillers, Almodóvar .. Read more
| Starring | Feodor Atkine, Marisa Parades, Victoria Abril, Miriam Diaz |
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| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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High Heels
Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most notorious and celebrated directors of international film who single-handedly ushered in a new wave of Spanish film. Mixing up a cocktail of strong characters, weird sex, odd violence, perverse humour, bizarre plot twists, with elements of classic melodrama and crime thrillers, Almodóvar created an unmistakable style of his own. Not since Bunuel has a Spanish filmmaker made such an indelible mark on modern cinema. Vividly colourful, darkly humorous and always entertaining, Almodóvars films have to be seen to be believed. Along with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Matador and Tie MeUp! Tie Me Down!, High Heels is a perfect introduction to Almodóvars early work. A famous torch song singer returns to Spain from Mexico with the hope of being reunited with the daughter she previously abandoned. On her arrival she discovers her daughter is planning to marry one of her ex-lovers, a situation that can only end with murder.
| Starring | Feodor Atkine, Marisa Parades, Victoria Abril, Miriam Diaz, Miguel Bose, Javier Bardem |
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| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1991 To Rent: DVD: 17 Aug 2009 |
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AlmodÃvar ditches gender-bending, drug-abusing anarchy for a more sober meditation on the importance of family.... read more on Time Out
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HIgh melodrama
After two wild and zany comedies (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Tie Me Up/Tie Me Down), Almodovar made this tender melodrama about a self-... read more »
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A mixed bag
The thing that just about saves High Heels from being very, very silly, is compassion. The director cares about his characters - or at least, the female ... read more »
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High heels and high drama
If you like this Spanish Director, you will really like this one, especially if you like a who done it!. Cannot say too much as there are too many spoilers in ... read more »
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Almodovar as we love him
Now you could argue that his first films are looking a bit unfashionable these days. True. But they still have some timeless elements - and the sex scenes are ... read more »
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Almodovar’s Brilliant Career- 25 Aug 2009
The name of Pedro Almodóvar’s production company is El Deseo: Desire films. It’s a quality much in evidence in the vividly carnal, erotic, outrageous and anguished melodramas in which he specializes. Desire – a word that contains lust, love, venality, revenge and ambition – propels his characters as they careen from crisis to crisis, which must be why Almodovar’s heroes and (more often) heroines are almost always in a state of heightened agitation. If we had an... Read more
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High Heels
Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most notorious and celebrated directors of international film who single-handedly ushered in a new wave of Spanish film. Mixing up a cocktail of strong characters, weird sex, odd violence, perverse humour, bizarre plot twists, with elements of classic melodrama and ...
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